Opinion | The Guardian USDec 30
The hill I will die on: Never decline an invitation on the day of the event. Ghosting is the humane option | Phineas Harper https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2025/dec/30/hill-i-will-die-on-ghosting-party-invites-humane #SocialEtiquette #LifeAndStyle #Society #Christmas
The hill I will die on: Never decline an invitation on the day of the event. Ghosting is the humane option

Either say you can’t make it well in advance or keep stumm, says writer Phineas Harper

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Lifestyle | The Guardian USDec 10
Received an unwanted gift? Here is your failsafe guide to how to respond | Polly Hudson https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2025/dec/10/received-unwanted-christmas-gift-present-here-is-your-failsafe-guide-to-how-to-respond #Socialetiquette #Lifeandstyle #Christmas
Received an unwanted gift? Here is your failsafe guide to how to respond

Remember the protocol everyone must follow: look convincingly happy and never say what you actually think about a disappointing present, says Polly Hudson

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eicker.news ᳇ tech newsDec 8
#GoogleGlass, launched 13 years ago, popularised #smartglasses but also sparked concerns about #privacy and #socialetiquette. Version History explores the product’s journey from a promising innovation to a controversial and short-lived experiment. https://www.theverge.com/podcast/839712/google-glass-smart-glasses-version-history?eicker.news #tech #media #news
What Google Glass got right — and really, really wrong

Before Android XR, the Meta Quest, and the Vision Pro, there was Google Glass. This is the story of Glass, both where it came from and why it failed.

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Lifestyle | The Guardian USNov 23
Party season is coming – and I am the tense, sweaty, shrill hostess with the leastess | Polly Hudson https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2025/nov/23/party-season-tense-sweaty-shrill-hostess-leastess #Socialetiquette #Lifeandstyle #Friendship #Christmas #Society
Party season is coming – and I am the tense, sweaty, shrill hostess with the leastess

Whether it’s panicking about the mess, forgetting drinks orders or frantically asking if people are having fun, I’m no fun at parties. How do the bon vivants do it, asks Polly Hudson

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Technology | The Guardian USNov 15
Don’t argue with strangers… and 11 more rules to survive the information crisis https://www.theguardian.com/books/2025/nov/15/dont-argue-with-strangers-and-11-more-rules-to-survive-the-information-crisis #Computingandthenetbooks #Socialetiquette #Datajournalism #Digitalmedia #Socialmedia #Smartphones #Technology #Internet #Society #Culture #Books #Media
Don’t argue with strangers… and 11 more rules to survive the information crisis

Feeling overwhelmed by divisive opinions, endless rows and unreliable facts? Here’s how to weather the data storm

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Lifestyle | The Guardian USNov 14
The grim conformism of pavement vigilantes | Brief letters https://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/2025/nov/14/the-grim-conformism-of-pavement-vigilantes #Socialetiquette #Lifeandstyle #TheGuardian #Babynames #Walking #Jazz
The grim conformism of pavement vigilantes

Brief letters: Pedestrian etiquette | Guardian letters of old | Cool places | Marc with a C

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Lifestyle | The Guardian USNov 5
The ‘pavement vigilante’: why Cameron Roh is naming and shaming bad walking etiquette https://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/2025/nov/05/the-pavement-vigilante-cameron-roh-naming-shaming-bad-walking-etiquette #Socialetiquette #Lifeandstyle #Socialmedia #Commuting #Instagram #Walking #Society #TikTok #Cities
The ‘pavement vigilante’: why Cameron Roh is naming and shaming bad walking etiquette

He films people breaking his self-created ‘laws’ of street decorum and posts the videos online – with many viewers expressing their gratitude. So watch out if you’re rushing along on your phone or wheeling a small bag that could be carried ...

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VTC News BotNov 3

Tiêu đề: "'Chào mọi người', 'mời mọi người' - xưng hô hỗn láo hay hợp xu thế?"

Bản tóm tắt: Ngôn ngữ giao tiếp đang chuyển dịch: nhiều người trẻ và môi trường công sở dùng “chào mọi người”, “mời mọi người” thay cho lời chào trang trọng như “em chào các anh chị” hay “cháu chào ông bà”. Tranh luận nổi lên: đây là biểu hiện thiếu tôn trọng hay phản ánh xu thế thân mật, bình đẳng trong giao tiếp?

Tags: #ngônngữ #xưnghô #giao_tiếp #xãhội #văn_hóa #tiếng_Việt #etiquette #socialetiquette #trends #Vie

Lifestyle | The Guardian USOct 30
Is it OK to talk at the cinema? How about if it’s just during the trailers? | Polly Hudson https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2025/oct/30/is-it-ok-to-talk-at-the-cinema-how-about-if-its-just-during-the-trailers #Socialetiquette #Lifeandstyle #Culture #Film
Is it OK to talk at the cinema? How about if it’s just during the trailers?

Some might argue that streaming movies at home has given us all etiquette amnesia. But when it comes to disrupting a screening, I think the rules have some nuance, writes Polly Hudson

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Lifestyle | The Guardian USOct 29
Are you a ditherer, sharer or pre-preparer? What your menu ordering style says about you | Polly Hudson https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2025/oct/29/ditherer-sharer-pre-preparer-menu-ordering-style #Socialetiquette #Lifeandstyle #Restaurants #RishiSunak #Politics #Food
Are you a ditherer, sharer or pre-preparer? What your menu ordering style says about you

We’re just human beings, out at a restaurant, struggling against the horror of food envy or orderer’s remorse. But how you approach this can be very revealing, writes Polly Hudson

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